mandrake Definition
man·drake (man′drāk′)
noun
- a poisonous plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family, found in Mediterranean regions: it has purple or white flowers and a thick root, often forked, formerly used in medicine for its narcotic and emetic properties
- the root, formerly thought to have magic powers because of its fancied resemblance to the human body
- ☆ May apple
Etymology: ME mondrake, altered by folk etym. (by assoc. with man + drake, dragon) < mandrag(g)e < OE mandragora < LL < L mandragoras < Gr
mandrake Usage Examples
Converse of object
- uproot: There was an old saying that people who uprooted the mandrake would die within a year.
- use: There is for example a manufacturing aerospace company with 400 employees which uses Mandrake for most its intranet servers.
- find: In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah.
- have: As well as lotus they had mandrake and cannabis, and there is a strong suggestion the also used opium.
Modifies a noun
- root: Ditto the mandrake root wasn't in the ancient wyvern pocket until his shade showed me.
- linux: The quest for improving my mandrake linux installation ended up a long time to update Update, update, update.
- plant: The mandrake plant was first introduced into Britain about the 11th century, but its fame had gone before it.
- charm: In one of its various forms the mandrake charm survives to this day.
- installation: The quest for improving my mandrake linux installation ended up a long time to update Update, update, update.
- user: Mandrake Mandrake users can get packages for all of the video programs from the Penguin Liberation Front web site.
Browse dictionary entries near mandrake
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